Ecc. 2:10-11 - I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure.
My heart took delight in all my labor, and this was the reward for all my toil. Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun. (NIV)
My heart took delight in all my labor, and this was the reward for all my toil. Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun. (NIV)
The art of balance is knowing you cannot get all you want, and keep all you have. Something has to be given up. A going out of business sale for certain practices, habits, traditions, and/or people. This does not mean you think, you are better than anyone or you become ‘too cool for school’. It is about knowing what is truly meant by this verse - 1 Cor. 13:11- When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me (NIV). See we evolve, and evolution requires for some things to grow while others are to become extinct; some things to be put a stop to, and other things to begin. We too quickly forget this in our maturation process in life, and our pursuit for leadership and success. Although, we are very much aware of this concept, the art of balance, we fail to understand how pertinent and germane it is to our life.
The art of balance is understanding without a shadow of doubt, God is either in control or He isn’t, no in between. If He is in control, then we understand the Father does not seek to destroy us, or for us to destroy ourselves with the gift of freewill, but rather it there to develop us. We choose, it has always been our choice to make…For chasing after all and desiring or fighting to keep all, leaves us with nothing of value gained by us in life, and our pursuit of our passion and purpose in life is for naught...
